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UNTTED. sTATEs PATENT OFFICE..

WILLIAM DUGAN, OFMIDDLETOWN, OHIO.

NECKTIE-HOLDEE To all rwhom it may concern.'

Be it known that WILLIAM DUGAN, a' citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Middletown, in the county of Butler and State ofOhio, has invented new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Hold ers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and novel form of devicefor mounting on a wall or door, the device being adapted for holdingneckties in quantities and in such a position that they may bel kep asfreely as possible from wrinkles.

Further object of the invention seeks a device of this character whichis simple in construction, durable and effective in operation andinexpensive to manufacture.

Other and further objects appear in the following description, whereinthe invention is set forth in detail.

`To the .exact construction in which it is shown and described theinvention is not to be restricted. The right is reserved to make suchchanges or alterations as the actual reduction to practice may suggest,in so far as such changes or alterations are` compatible in spirit withthe annexed claim.

ln the l accompanying drawings z Figure 1 is a view in front elevationof the improved holder.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

Fig. 3 is a view in side improved device.

Referring to the drawings, the invention is shown as comprising asupporting frame and a tie holding frame, both of which are formed fromsingle strands of wire. The supporting frame consists of a strand ofwire bent to form an eye 1, with two diverging legs 2 depending from theeye 1. At specified points the two legs are bent to form elevation ofthe two parallel sections 3 and the wire is further bent to form eyes 4,the latter standing in planes at right angles to the angle 4at eye 1. Inorder'to keep the eyes 4 from spreading the wire is bound with the bands5. Leaving the eye 4 the wire of the supporting frame is directeddownwardly and the two ends are then turned in at right angles towardeach other, terminating in two upstandin portions 6, which are boundtoget her wit a band 7 embracing the two.

The eyes 4 serve as the supporting means' for the tie holding frame andthis latter is made out of a single strand of wire formed with .aplurality of bend which define par- Specication of Letters Patent.

allel bills 8, the wire of the outermost bills Y Iatented Sept. 9, 1919.Application led February 17, 1919. Serial No. 277,611. I

being turned at right angles to the bills,

and passed through the eyes 4, then bent downwardly at rlght angles andthen inwardly toward thesupporting frame at .right angles and bent toform hoop portions 9 whichpartly embrace those portions of thesupporting frame depending from the eyes 4. 'The hoop portions 9 do notcompletely surround the portions of the frame which they engage,embracin the latter for substantially 180 degrees, ut the peculiarconstruction shown provides forsupporting the b1l1s 8 in a horizontallane when the sup portlng frame stands 1n a vertical plane, which itperforce will do asthe device is hung on a wall or a door. Obviouslyties to be held by the device may be inserted in between adjacent billsand allowed to hang 1n depending positionspositions best suited to, keepwrinkles out of the ties and to keep the ends from turning up.

When the device is not in use as a support for the ties, it may befolded up by raising the bills 8 until they stand substan- Obviouslywhen the tie holding frame 1s drawn away from those parts of thesupporting frame which they engage these hoop portions, serving only tolimit the downward movement of the tie holding frame to a position wherethe bills 8 will lie in'horizontal positions, or positions at rightangles to the supporting frame. The two frames are thus hingedlyattached together so that the one may be thrown down to a position towhich it is' adapted to perform its function or raise to assume afolding position so that the device as a whole may be readily packed.

Between the diverging legs 2 of the supporting frame, a diamond-shapedmirror 10 "thus raised, the hoop portions 9 will be v As an article ofmanufacture, a. necktie l holder consisting of a pair of frames eachmade from a single strand of wire, the one being a supporting ,frame.and the other a ti holding fraine,` the supporting fraine having itswire bent to form a support engaging eyes at thetop, and further bent toprovide two eyes standing in planes atri ht angles to the first saideyes, the tie holding frame being bent to provide a plurality ofparallel bills and further bent to provide sections loosely engaging thetwo said latter eyes and still further bent'to provide hoop portionsembracing the Wire of the frame below 10 the said lattereyes, wherebythe tie holding frame is retained in a horizontal 4osition when the suporting frame is vertical, the

WILLIAM DUGAN.

